Re: [Flashcoders] Long running tablet apps

2012-11-30 Thread Kevin Newman
I have a task server running on AIR (for generating images and other static website assets - it's part of a CMS) running on a local machine that stays up for weeks. You'll have to find and fix any memory leaks, or infinite event loops (and event handler build ups, etc.), and things like that.

Re: [Flashcoders] Long running tablet apps

2012-11-30 Thread Kevin Newman
I'm running an AIR based task server on Windows XP - for weeks at a time (only patch Tuesday knocks it down). So this can be done. :-) Kevin N. On 11/23/12 7:23 AM, Hans Wichman wrote: I wouldn't put too much time into it, noone realistically expects windows to run for a couple of weeks, let

[Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Paul A.
Following on from the tablet question earlier, I've been asked to quote on a kiosk app and suggest some hardware. What kinds of hardware are people using for kiosks these day? It'll be used by kids and in use all day. A tablet may be a bit on the small side and a full-blown PC might be a bit

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
The touchscreens I've done recently have to on 50 screens, mostly in a vertical orientation. It's ironic that gestures and touch/swipe was brought to us by Apple and all the screens have PC drivers only. :) Go figure. The hardware is dependent on what your program will be doing. I've had some

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, In my previous role, I built kiosk PC's to control an animated robot- http://www.robothespian.co.uk/ The kiosk computer for this ran an AIR 2.5 application on Ubuntu Linux Oneiric usinga Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mini-itx board:

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Henrik Andersson
Glen Pike skriver: We built an AIR shell loader so we could run the App in browser etc. Tell me more. I have not heard how to do this. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Exhibition type kiosks

2012-11-30 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, Sorry, I was getting mixed up with a previous EXE based app that I wrote. The AIR onewe published to AIR, but used the same SWF in the browser. It had some functionality that disabled itself if AIR was not running - File API's etc. :# Glen On 30/11/2012 23:41, Henrik Andersson wrote: